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Since 1990,
eyewitnesses have spotted this aircraft near Edwards AFB, CA by residents
of Mojave, CA, and workers at Edwards AFB. A total of five separate sightings
of this vehicle were reported to Aviation Week and Space Technology.
Eyewitness report a large, pale grey aircraft, with a fighter style cockpit,
podded underwing engines, and canards, which may be retractable. The most
notable features are:
1. Forward fuselage resembling the SR-71 with a blended chine.
2. Large delta wing with rectangular underwing engines.
3. Wingtip mounted verticle stabilizers.
4. Dark leading edges and dark, rectangular exhausts.
5. A prominent "hump" rising from the blended fuselage and
centered over the large delta wing.
6. Some observers saw a prominent, low aspect ratio canard mounted close
to the nose, while others saw no canard at all.
7. Some observers heard a rumbling sound at low speeds.
8. Light-colored top and bottom surfaces, with dark leading and trailing
edges.
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